Whole Foods Opens in Mid-City: Not Just Makin' Groceries

Tuesday, February 04, 2014 12:46 PM

John Elstrott, Chairman of the Board for Whole Foods Market, applauds his colleagues at the opening of the new Whole Foods Market on N.Broad St. in Mid-City on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. Elstrott opened the original Whole Foods on Esplanade Avenue in 1981.The Whole Foods Market opening is the beginning of the ReFresh project, which includes Liberty'ï¿½ï¿½s Kitchen, Tulane University's Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine, Broad Community Connections and First Line Schools. The project is funded in part by the New Orleans Fresh Food Retailer Initiative, a program designed to increase access to fresh foods in traditionally underserved neighborhoods (Photo by Julia Kumari Drapkin, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)